John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

Post by ljm » Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 11:41 PM UTC

gizdan wrote: post #489

rcurry wrote: post #470

The sad thing is that our government seems to make a point of screwing with kooks. I don’t care if McAffee owed some taxes - leave the guy alone, he’s obviously unstable, has major problems with drug and alcohol addiction and all they can do is try to bring him even lower. Poor guy had major problems even before the “heroes” of the FBI or the IRS or whatever started screwing with him. Let the poor guy ride off into t…

> I don’t care if McAffee owed some taxes - leave the guy alone, he's obviously unstable This is ridiculous. Okay so let's leave all the rich people alone who claim they are unstable. McAfee made millions, from what I understand, he paid little taxes on that. That's stupid. I don't care how unstable you are, or how good you are donating your "fair share". You're still not excused from paying your taxes.

Post by xwolfi » Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 11:42 PM UTC

egypturnash wrote: post #599

rcurry wrote: post #470

The sad thing is that our government seems to make a point of screwing with kooks. I don’t care if McAffee owed some taxes - leave the guy alone, he’s obviously unstable, has major problems with drug and alcohol addiction and all they can do is try to bring him even lower. Poor guy had major problems even before the “heroes” of the FBI or the IRS or whatever started screwing with him. Let the poor guy ride off into t…

Musk's a rich kook and I sure don't see the government screwing with him.

Post by watsocd » Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 11:43 PM UTC

pcbro141 wrote: post #462

G3rn0ti wrote: post #418

30 years for tax evasion? No wonder he preferred to die. I mean, you’ll get jail time for severe cases of tax evasion in Germany, too, but it’s a couple of years at max and most of the time it’s on probation. How do you justify your draconic punishments in the US which is supposed to be a free country?

My understanding was the IRS will give you a chance to pay back your taxes with penalties, and they only criminally charge people as a last resort. Is that not the case? Or perhaps only for people who aren't being egregious with their evasion.

Post by iohead » Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 11:44 PM UTC

G3rn0ti wrote: post #444

Trias11 wrote: post #436

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US Citizenship in reality is an IRS trap. Now Biden wants to hire 87,000 more IRS workers to harass americans. This used to be a great country. Times long gone.

How high is the US income tax? And is it progressive?

  * Long Term Capital Gains Tax         = 20%

  * Short Term Capital Gains Tax        = 37%

  * Earned Income / Ordinary Income Tax = 37%

  * Net Investment Income Tax           = 3.8%

  * Medicare Payroll Tax (W-2 Wages)    = 1.45%

  * Additional Medicare Tax (W-2 Wages) = 0.9%

  * CA State Income Tax                 = 12.3%

  * CA Mental Health Tax                = 1%

Post by Judgmentality » Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 11:45 PM UTC

toolz wrote: post #630

gizdan wrote: post #557

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As use hugi said, that's exactly what he was, so why shouldn't we?

I'd bet my entire net worth you've never even met the guy you're so confident you know enough about to drag his name through the mud.